GLSA 201405-13: Pango: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | Pango: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 05/17/2014 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201405-13 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pango, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.Background
Pango is an internationalized text layout and rendering library
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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x11-libs/pango | < 1.28.3-r1 | >= 1.28.3-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pango. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to load specially crafted text using an application linked against Pango, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pango-1.28.3-r1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since March 18, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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